The graph shows information about the number of parents with young children aged 3-4 years who were employed in part-time and full-time jobs between 1997 and 2017 in England.
Overall, the two graphs suppose that despite some fluctuations women were more likely to take care of their child than men during those 20 years period.
The line graph depicts that women chose part-time jobs more willingly than full-time occupation. The number of women working part-time experienced descents and rises ranging from 35 to 40% , with a drastic decrease to 35% from 2007 to 2011 and a gradual growth up to approximately 38% in 2016, resulting in a fall again. Simultaneously, the desire to have a full-time occupation increased steadily during the whole period, resulting in a 5 percent increase from 2015 to 2016 and then remaining at the same level of 25 percentage points.
By contrast, the bar chart shows that male parents mostly preferred part-time jobs, with about 90% of them choosing this option. There were fractional fluctuations from 2017 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2015; however, the figure never fell below 80%. The desire to work full-time increased steadily from 2003 to 2016, with only about 3% to a maximum of 9% of men choosing this option and then experienced a reduction in 2017 to 8% of male full-time workers.